Dispensing cabinet for rolled webs of paper and the like



J n A. G. KRUEGER 2,

nIsPENsING qmsmm FOR ROLLED WEBS OF PAPER AND THE Filec l Sept. 2, 1941 LIKE INVIENTOR AL 5527- 6- {Pl/E651 BYM ATTQENEY? Patented June 22, 1943 DISPENSING CABINET FOR ROLLED WEBS OF PAPER AND THE LIKE Albert G. Krueger, Green Bay, Wis., assignor to Alwin Manufacturing Company, Green Bay, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application September 2, 1941, Serial No. 409,175

7 Claims. (Cl. 242-555) This invention relates to improvements in dispensing cabinets for rolled webs of paper and the like. The invention has particular application to a cabinet for dispensing waxed paper from a roll for kitchen use.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a novel, simple, and inexpensive cabinet in which the roll of paper, and the core, if any, upon which the roll is wound, will be supported from the cover of the cabinet by means which will tend to lower the paper into the cabinet when the cover is closed and to lift the core from the cabinet when the cover is open, thereby facilitating the introduction and removal of the paper.

It is a separate object of the invention to support the roll from the cover in order to avoid the necessity of mounting the roll upon any part of the body of the cabinet. The operations-by which the roll mount is suspended from the cover'are easier, simpler, and cheaper than operations which would be required to support the roll from the body of the cabinet and they involve less injury to the appearance of the cabinet.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a device embodying the invention as it appears with the cover lifted.

Fig. 2 is a View on an enlarged scale showing the device in cross section as it appears with the cover closed.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The body 3 of the cabinet comprises a single piece of sheet metal formed to provide end walls 4 and a front wall 5, the latter having its lower margin serrated at 6 to provide teeth to serve as a cut-off knife upon which sheets may readily be severed from the web.

Integral with the end walls 4 are inturned flanges I provided with holes for mounting screws. No back is necessary, since the cabinet rests against the wall upon which it is mounted. The upper margins 8 of the end walls 4 are downwardly curved so that the top of the front wall 5 is at a lower level than the screw holes 9.

The cover II] has a curvature complementary to the curvature of the margins 8 of the end walls 4 of the cabinet. It has lateral flanges at H overlapping the end walls and a front flange at 12 overlapping the front wall 3. Integral with the end flanges ll of the cover are ears l4 provided with pins I5 projecting through the end walls 4 to provide axially aligned pintles upon which the cover swings from the raised position shown in Fig. l to the closed position shown in Fig. 2.

The roll N5 of the web material H to be dispensed from the cabinet has its weight carried from the cover In in accordance with this invention. The specific means for supporting the roll I6 in the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated, is a single piece of wire having its ends inwardly turned'at l8 and pivotally engaged in the bearing plates H] which are held by spot welding or in any other desired manner to the under surface of the cover In.

From its points of pivotal support on the inwardly directed and aligned end pieces I8 of the wire, such wire extends first rearwardly at 20, thence downwardly at 2 I, thence obliquely downwardly and forwardly at 22, and finally forwardly at 23. The forward extensions 23 of the wire are integrally connected by the portion 25 thereof which extends laterally and substantially horizontally within the front wall of the cabinet and is normally spaced from such wall to provide a dispensing opening at 26 as shown in Fig. 2.

The weight of the roll resting on the arms 23 I of the wire bracket would oscillate the wire bracket about its fulcrumed supporting points l8 but for the engagement of the vertical arms 2| of the wire bracket with the wall or the back of the cabinet, if such back is provided.

When the cover In is lifted, the roll contents resting on the arms 23 of the bracket will like wise be lifted. Thus the weight of the roll tends to keep the cover closed and the cover raises and lowers the contents, thus facilitating the introduction of the roll and the removal of the core 21.

Although the entire cabinet is very practical and neat, it is extremely simple and very cheaply manufactured.

While the mode of operation is obvious, a brief explanation of its advantages will indicate the importance of the structural features as illustrated and described. It will be observed that contrary to the usual practice, the roll is not supported axially within the cabinet, but is merely placed upon the shelf-like support provided by the arms 23 and the cross bar 25.

As shown in Figure 2, the forward extremities of the arms 23, and also the cross bar 25, are in sufliciently close proximity to the front wall of the cabinet to prevent the roll from falling through the intervening space at any stage of the unwinding operation, said space being of less width than the diameter of the core 21.

Also, when loading the cabinet, it is merely 7 necessary to raise the cover and place the roll upon the shelf-like arm, with the end of the wound strip depending sufiiciently to be grasped when the cover is lowered to its normal position.

I claim:

1. The combination with a cabinet and a cover in pivotal connection therewith, of a roll support comprising a bracket connected with the cover independently of the cabinet and having arms extending around the rear side of the roll receiving portion of the cabinet and underneath such space to provide a shelf-like mounting for the roll, said cabinet having an opening in its lower portion through which withdrawals may be made.

'2. The combination with a cabinet open at its top and bottom portions, of a cover for the open top of the cabinet having pivotal connection therewith and a bracket in pivotal connection with the cover and having dependent arms adaptedto engage underneath a rolled strip of paper to loosely support the roll, said arms being adapted to receive a roll when the cover is raised and to transmit the weight of said roll to the cover, whereby to bias the cover toward its closed position.

3.'The combination with a cabinet comprising front and end walls integrally formed from a single strip of metal, said end walls being pro- 'vided with mounting means adapted to connect the cabinet with a fixed support and said front wallbeing downwardly offset from said mounting means, of a cover marginally lapping said end walls and said front wall, and a roll support suspended from said cover and extending downwardly in the rear portion of the cabinet and for-.

wardly in its lower portion to provide a rest for the periphery of a roll, said cabinet having an opening below said rest through which portions of the roll may be withdrawn.

4. The combination with a cabinet and a cover pivoted thereto, of a bracket pivoted to the cover forwardly of the pivotal connection between the cover and the cabinet, said bracket extending rearwardly, downwardly, and thence forwardly from its point of pivotal connection with the cover and constituting means for supporting a roll Within the cabinet from which a web may be dispensed, said cabinet being open at its bottom and said bracket being spaced from the front wall of the cabinet to provide a slot from which a web may be dispensed from said roll.

5. A device of the character described, comprising the combination with a cabinet having a front wall and end walls and being open at its back, its top, and its bottom, said end walls being provided with mounting means adapted to connect the cabinet with a fixed support, of a cover pivoted to the cabinet at said end walls and movable to and from a position closing the open top of the cabinet, bearing supports on said cover forwardly of the pivotal connection of the cover with the end walls, and bracket means comprising a wire having substantially aligned ends pivotally mounted in said bearing supports, the intermediate portions of said wire extending rearwardly and thence downwardly and thence forwardly across said cabinet in proximity to the front wall thereof, the downwardly extending portions of said wire being adapted to abut a wall surface on which the cabinet is mounted, whereby to position said wire bracket for the support of a roll within said cabinet.

6. A dispensing cabinet for rolled webs of paper and the like, comprising a body including front and end walls and a cover portion hingedly supported from the rear portions of the body, in

combination with a roll support connected with the cover and extending downwardly therefrom in the rear portion of the body and forwardly in its lower portion to points adjacent said front wall, said roll support providing a shelf-like rest upon which the periphery of aroll of paper may be loosely mounted and held in position by said front wall, said body having an opening in its lower portion through which portions of the roll may be successively withdrawn.

7. A dispensing cabinet for strips of rolled paper and.the like, having a cover pivotally connected with other portions of the cabinet to swing upwardly and rearwardly to open position, ,said cabinet having an opening in its lower portion in the vicinity of its front wall through which por-'- tions of a roll may be successively withdrawn, in combination with a roll supporting hanger pivotally connected with the cover and having depending arms adapted to extend around the rear portion of a roll of paper in the cabinet to points underneath the same, and a'roll supporting bar connecting the lower ends of said arms in the vicinity of said front wall and said opening.

ALBERT G. KRUEGER. 

